An FCS opponent has been on the schedule in every year of Stoops’ tenure, aside from Alabama State in the SWAC. Kentucky has won all five games by an average of 26.6 points, but some of those games have been too close for comfort.
2017: UK 27, EKU 16
The in-state foe came ready to play against UK. Kentucky kicked a field goal in the first quarter, only to fall behind and take a 13-10 deficit into the halftime locker room. Benny Snell’s 25-yard touchdown run gave the Cats a one-point lead in the third quarter before they put the game out of reach with two scores in the fourth quarter.